Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 186 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 51% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.27 on Saturday, April 4th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 3, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.73 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.26% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 293,687 acre feet

This is 128.9% of the average of 227,844 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 130,673 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 145,332 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 163,014 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 264.63% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 59.41% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.05 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 15.83 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 2.26 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
6036.27
0.09
1,021,956
806
291
65.7
28.9
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
6036.18
0.12
1,021,038
959
289
55.9
34.7
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
6036.06
0.21
1,019,814
1414
284
68.0
37.8
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
6035.85
0.23
1,017,676
1542
290
59.0
43.7
Tue, Mar 31, 2026
6035.62
0.09
1,015,339
820
279
72.3
45.7
Mon, Mar 30, 2026
6035.53
0.15
1,014,425
1251
275
76.8
44.2
Sun, Mar 29, 2026
6035.38
0.13
1,012,904
1001
272
75.7
36.0
Sat, Mar 28, 2026
6035.25
0.21
1,011,587
1548
270
73.0
40.5
Fri, Mar 27, 2026
6035.04
0.16
1,009,463
1146
268
80.6
43.9
Thu, Mar 26, 2026
6034.88
0.18
1,007,847
1323
266
81.1
47.8
Wed, Mar 25, 2026
6034.70
0.17
1,006,032
1388
263
86.5
46.0
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
6034.53
0.27
1,004,320
1903
261
80.4
46.9
Mon, Mar 23, 2026
6034.26
0.25
1,001,605
2011
259
78.6
42.3
Sun, Mar 22, 2026
6034.01
0.14
999,096
1223
259
77.7
45.0
Averages of List
6035.25
0.17
1,011,650
1309.6
273.3
73.7
41.7

Averages for April 4th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6049.15
-12.88
1,224,002
1722.38
1006.36
64.11
33.92
All-Time
6034.89
1.38
1,111,676
1688.41
1001.89
64.11
33.92

Last 10 April 4th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Apr 04, 2025
6036.22
0.05
1,021,446
415
429
54.8
32.1
Thu, Apr 04, 2024
6041.31
-5.04
1,074,472
594
395
69.7
45.5
Tue, Apr 04, 2023
6027.49
8.78
935,381
2955
284
40.6
27.7
Mon, Apr 04, 2022
6018.85
17.42
855,951
1012
337
68.0
45.0
Sun, Apr 04, 2021
6033.32
2.95
1,042,329
862
424
79.0
44.0
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
6055.39
-19.12
1,290,262
585
548
67.0
39.0
Thu, Apr 04, 2019
6025.72
10.55
966,223
1873
365
58.0
34.0
Wed, Apr 04, 2018
6050.85
-14.58
1,235,572
754
770
69.0
23.0
Tue, Apr 04, 2017
6069.85
-33.58
1,478,474
3207
793
51.0
34.0
Mon, Apr 04, 2016
6067.27
-31.00
1,443,168
1059
454
73.0
30.0
Averages of List
6042.77
-6.50
1,135,887
1420
453
64.5
32.8


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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